> Chris wrote:
>> On another subject has anyone had any bright ideas about
>> what to do with mdashes -- one site I've been helping with
>> has been using two regular dashes, like this: -- and I've
>> been using &#151; on another site. However I've now realized
>> that while &#151; works OK it's not in the ISO character
>> set. And what is concerning me more is how speech
>> synthesizers would deal with this, anyone got any ideas?
David Pawson wrote:
> The quick and dirty is to avoid using them - there are
>alternatives.
This is true, but as a writer and editor, I would rather not have to edit
work around not being able to use punctuation that is appropriate to the
content I am producing for the web site.
I've been lurking for a week or so on this list, and unless I missed it,
there hasn't been any mention of rewarding sites that do conform to WAI
standards -- only ways to fix "bad" sites. Perhaps the carrot approach of
letting appropriate sites display a "WAI-compliant" logo would encourage
more content providers to ensure their sites are friendlier. Thoughts?
Linda
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